I just got this Mac from my grandma because she said it wasn’t working. It boots and lets me go into recovery mode but crashes in a similar way whenever a loading bar starts. I’ve tried booting every different way and cleared nvram. I didn’t see any clearly visible damage on the logic board, and I’m willing to try any ideas as long as I can keep the price of fixing this under $100.
Yo op! I found this in my saved items… 4 weeks later: did you get it fixed? Hope so!
No, pretty much everyone I took it to said it would cost 300 to take a look at the motherboard and fix it, but 300 is close to the price of a new motherboard. I’m holding onto it in case I can snipe a working MacBook without a screen that’s compatible for cheap. Thanks for following up!
At first I thought this was an OG Dwarf Fortress screenshot
Just some obsidian making process, nothing to see here
My money is still on the logic board having passed away. Apple has been using logic boards that do this for a long time now. It’s one of the first things to die on MacBooks.
Yep it’s this. My iMac did the same thing and they had to replace the logic board.
Whatever the hell that even is
The logic board is what they call the motherboard (and everything soldered to it)
Talk to Apple.
They can do a remote diagnostic to figure out where the issue is. Also try booting in safe mode. Hold down the left shift key while booting.
It does sound like a logic board issue though.
